Saw the english version of the movie and finally getting around to the book. I hate it when books are too freakin' big to fit in the cargo pocket of my work pants. It's hard enough smuggling literature into the workplace. Probably the main reason I haven't read this before now. So far, so good.

Saw the english version of the movie and finally getting around to the book. I hate it when books are too freakin' big to fit in the cargo pocket of my work pants. It's hard enough smuggling literature into the workplace. Probably the main reason I haven't read this before now. So far, so good.

Sam:

Read this, you will love it or I will refund cost (for Sam I Am only!):

Here is part of one review:

Like Hermann Hesse's Steppenwolf and anything by Antonin Artaud, Frederick Exley's A Fan's Notes is one of those books that gets pushed on you by crazy people. I was in Munich in the early 1980s, widening my horizons on a Eurailpass, when it was pushed on me. An aging beatnik with a ragged knapsack plunked down next to me in the Haufbrauhaus and started raving about the "book of books." He brought out a tattered paperback and thrust it at me, insisting that the volume was too important not to be passed on. When I asked the man what A Fan's Notes was about, I expected an answer profound and mystical; instead, he fixed his bright eyes on me and said, "Frank Gifford. It's all about this guy who loves Frank Gifford."

To save some money, I'm revisiting my bookshelf and re-reading this classic which I first read back in 2002. This guy really put Tom Hanks to shame with his ingenuity. I don't have the N.C. Wyeth illustrated version which is a damn shame since I'm a fan of his work.

Highly recommended - not sure how much of it is true, but a rattling good read!

Be sure to also read the following book by the same writer...

_________________Alan Thicke: ''Now Frank, for those of us who have seen you as some kind of guru over the years, that's a kind of nihilistic assesment of music. Where's the hope ?''
Frank Zappa: ''Well, there isn't any...''

After hearing all kinds of stuff - negative, positive and otherwise - said about this guy, I saw him on a video and just hearing him speaking plainly I was impressed with what he said. I need to buy this at some stage.

_________________The way I see it Barry, this should be a very dynamite show.

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